FOR THE TRAVELER
Every time
you leave home,
Another road
takes you
Into a world
you were never in.
New
strangers on other paths await.
New places
that have never seen you
Will startle
a little at your entry.
Old places
that you know well
Will pretend
nothing
Changed since
your last visit.
When you
travel, you find yourself
Alone in a
different way,
More attentive
now
To the self
you bring along,
Your more
subtle eye watching
You abroad;
and how what meets you
Touches that
part of the heart
That lies
low at home:
How you
unexpectedly attune
To the
timbre in some voice,
Opening a
conversation
You want to
take in
To where
your longing
Has pressed
hard enough
Inward, on
some unsaid dark,
To create a
crystal of insight
You could
not have known
You needed
To illuminate
Your way.
When you
travel,
A new
silence
Goes with
you,
And if you
listen,
You will
hear
What your
heart
Would love
to say.
A journey
can become a sacred thing:
Make sure,
before you go,
To take the
time
To bless
your going forth,
To free your
heart of ballast
So that the
compass of your soul
Might direct
you toward
The territories
of spirit
Where you
will discover
More of your
hidden life,
And the
urgencies
That deserve
to claim you.
May you
travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely
into your inner ground;
That you may
not waste the invitations
Which wait
along the way to transform you.
May you travel
safely, arrive refreshed,
And live
your time away to its fullest;
Return home
more enriched, and free
To balance
the gift of days which call you.
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